Although obtaining supernatural powers is not the goal of Buddist practice, it is the natural result of progress on the Buddhist path. It can also be an indicator of mistakes in your practice and holding evil or erroneous views.
Erroneous View #6: Acknowledging that one who has fallen into evil or erroneous views can still successfully cultivate realization powers
In this situation, the person has already fallen into evil or erroneous views but still thinks he can successfully develop supernatural powers through his practice. He thinks that one day moon cakes will drop from the sky as soon as he reaches out his hands or that the dharma protectors will appear as soon as he commands them to do so. That is impossible. There is no such thing. As long as you fall into evil or erroneous views, you will not be able to develop supernatural powers through your practice. Even if you do develop supernatural powers, they will disappear. Two rinpoches are living examples of this. One of them has a good foundation in the Buddha-dharma. Therefore, he requested the Single-Taste Meditation Initiation from The Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation. However, after receiving that initiation, his concentration could not reach the state of single taste in which emptiness and existence are one and the same. The only thing that could be done was to perform another initiation, this time the White God of Wealth Initiation. After receiving the White God of Wealth Initiation, he still could not attain the generation stage. So that initiation was also not successful. The other rinpoche had already practiced tummo concentration dharma such that he was able to raise his body temperature to 163 degrees Fahrenheit. However, later on something strange happened. His rise in body temperature from practicing tummo concentration dharma started to drop day by day and completely disappeared within a half a year. He returned to his original state of an ordinary being. Both of those rinpoches found the cause of their problems. It was that they followed evil and erroneous views. One of the rinpoches immediately corrected himself. He received another initiation, but it was still not successful. He repeatedly looked for the cause and found three more evil or erroneous views that he had been following. However, because he did not thoroughly repent, the initiation was again not successful. Finally, he deeply and thoroughly repented. He was then able to experience the generation stage during the next initiation. The second rinpoche was the one who practiced tummo concentration dharma. After he thoroughly repented from the bottom of his heart, something very amazing happened with respect to his inner-heat. The temperature at his heart-wind bright-spots, three meridians, five chakras, and tantric chakra rose once again day by day. His practice of tummo concentration dharma slowly returned to its original state. These two examples alone thoroughly illustrate the point. Therefore, everyone must bear in mind that it is impossible for anyone who falls into evil views or erroneous views to attain supernatural powers or realization.
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